QQ News - June and July 2016

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the months of June and July, 2016.

Headlines

  • Flordia Man Fire Gun At Pokemon Go Players Parked Outside His Home (Kotaku)
  • Yelp Adds Pokemon GO Filter to Business Listings (Escapist)
  • Nintendo's Stock Plummets Because It's Not Making Enough Money Off of Pokemon Go (Gizmodo)
  • Nintendo Announces The Mini-NES, Will Play 30 Classic Games (Kotaku)
  • The Mini-NES Can't Go Online, Will Never Get New Games (Escapist)
  • 'Now You're Playing With Power': NES Classic Brings Back Nintendo's Best Slogan (Kotaku)
  • Blizzard Has Announced the Newest Overwatch Hero: Ana (Escapist)
  • Evolve Relauches as a Free-to-Play Game (IGN)
  • Batman: Return to Arkham Delayed Indefinitely (Escapist)
  • RIP: Japan Is Making Its Last-Ever VCR (Kotaku)
  • The Mighty No. 9 Kickstarter Release Got Messy (Kotaku)
  • Rapid fire trailer reel!

Quest 52 - Should sequels have expiration dates?

Zach and Raul debate the criteria for a good sequel, whereas Tom just keeps trying to talk about Star Trek!

Minutes

  • 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
  • 04:30 - How many different types of sequels are there?
  • 12:45 - Are the Bond movies sequels, reboots, or just side stories?
  • 19:50 - Do good sequels always have to be planned?
  • 39:20 - What the hell is geriatric theater?
  • 51:00 - Do video games have sequels or iterations?
  • 64:00 - Should sequels have expiration dates?
  • 68:25 - Wrap up!

Music

Quest 51 - Why Pokemon Go, why?

The QQ Cast leaves the house to go on an adventure! Unfortunately Raul can't find a gym in El Paso, Tom just yells at kids to stay off his lawn, and Zach keeps playing with his Diglett.

Minutes

  • 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
  • 09:00 - Should Nintendo stop focusing so much on hardware?
  • 17:45 - Where are interesting and dangerous places to play Pokemon Go?
  • 33:00 - Is this the start of an augmented reality craze?
  • 48:00 - Will the Nintendo NX have AR support?
  • 61:45 - Does Pokemon Go lack depth?
  • 73:00 - Wrap up!

Music

Quest 50 - Should you open source your software?

Special Guest: Matt Stevenson

Mr. Matt joins us for our 50th Quest Extravaganza, where we discuss both the beauty and terror of open source software!

Minutes

  • 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
  • 05:30 - Is "Expand Enhance Extinguish" still alive and well?
  • 19:40 - Can we build a sustainable infrastructure without open source software?
  • 33:00 - How much structure do we like to see in our frameworks?
  • 40:50 - What are some great open source projects?
  • 47:15 - Was heartbleed a good thing or a bad thing?
  • 54:30 - Does contributing to open source projects help your resume?
  • 60:00 - Should you open source your software?
  • 70:00 - Wrap up!

Music

Quest 49 - What are we geeking out on in 2016?

The QQ geek out returns! ...but, spoilers, we spend most of the cast talking about Node.js development.

Minutes

  • 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
  • 03:20 - Are bots taking over the internet?
  • 09:30 - Why are are there 8,000 files in four NPM packages?
  • 23:00 - Is it good or bad when corporations control open source projects?
  • 34:00 - Has the Walking Dead TV show been getting better?
  • 38:00 - How do we choose what media to consume?
  • 46:00 - Who are the rock stars of the VR development scene?
  • 62:00 - Should go you buy an 8Bitdo controller?
  • 68:15 - Wrap up!

Music

Quest 48 - Who won E3 2016?

Open World Zelda, Virtual Reality, High Definition Remasters, Norman Reedus' Junk...everything was awesome at E3 2016!

Minutes

  • 00:00 - Mic Check and Introductions
  • 04:00 - Is Breath of the Wild going to be a system seller?
  • 24:45 - Did any non Zelda games leave a lasting impression?
  • 40:00 - How many VR experiences were experienced at E3?
  • 62:00 - Is this the last generation of conventional gaming consoles?
  • 77:00 - Wrap up!

Music